Most of those layoffs and vacancies would affect the police, fire and sanitation departments – and would reduce public and safety services.

The cuts already have forced the city to scale back garbage pickups from twice to once a week, with the mayor’s office already receiving calls from angry residents, said Simpson.

To produce some savings, Amicone could increase an already set 4% property tax on Yonkers residents or raise an income tax surcharge, said Simpson, but instead wants to look for savings in police and firefighter union contracts that would cut around $7 million in overtime pay.

“It’s 100% dependent on the unions right now,” said Simpson.

If union workers agree to some flexibility in their contracts, the savings in overtime pay could prevent job layoffs, said Simpson, but there have been no official agreements yet.

The Uniformed Fire Officers Association has made previous concessions with the city, but were not that happy with their outcomes, said UFOA President James Brady.

“We worked with them in the past and we didn’t get the full benefit of it,” said Brady.

If there are no resolutions, fire companies will lose 36 new firefighters, while an additional 28 lieutenants, captains and chiefs would be demoted based on seniority, said Brady.

Others, like probationary firefighter Rocky Fuoco, 23, at Firehouse 13 on Kimball Ave., will wake up today without a job if no further resolutions in the budget are reached.

A group of new firefighters just graduated from the academy in October and thought their jobs were stable enough to settle in Yonkers. Many of them bought houses or co-ops, and some even have kids on the way, said Fuoco.

“It’s unfortunate, we got on this job not too long ago – anxious to serve our city,” he said, “and that ability is being taken away from us.”